This is an analysis of the poem Dies Illa that begins with:
How shall it be with them that day
When God demands of Earth His pay?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaaa aaaaXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000011 11010101 00110101 11111101 11110101 01110101 01010101 100011101 11110101 11110101 11110101 01010111 11111111 11110111 11110101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Dies Illa;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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